It's the home stretch.
The final 2+ days of voting are upon us.
Below the fold are some details about a few very tight races and their polls.
Also, a few of the comments people have left at the polling place are reprinted for your enjoyment.
If you have been waiting to participate and support this inaugural effort to recognize this site's finest writing, now is your last best chance.
Final days for voting...
Can we reach 10,000 votes?
Daily kOscars™ 2009
• 1. kOscars™ voting booth for awards for Diaries and Writers here
• 2. kOscars™ voting booth for awards for Diary Series and Commenters here.
• 3. You can also vote for ALL award categories in one place. Go directly to the polling site HERE. They updated their site, so there is a page 2 now.
Polls remain open until 9PM pacific time on March 4th.
Results Diary will post:
Sunday, March 7th, 2pm PST / 5pm EST
Currently in all of these categories, one or more nominees are within a handful of votes of the leaders:
Diary of the Year
Diarist of the Year
Best Non-political Diary
Comment of the Year
Educational Series
Snark Diary of the Year
Comment of the Year
22% 20%
Action Faction
23% 19% 18%
Original Artwork or Snark
18% 18% 15%
Environmental Series
24% 21%
Snark of the Year
19% 16% 14% 13%
Diarist of the Year
11% 10% 9% 7% 7%
Best Non-political Diary
21% 19%
Adapted Artwork or Snark
35% 33%
Educational Series:
BookFlurries, Saturday Morning Home Repair Blogging, Chronic Tonic, Purple Priestess' The Mad Logophile, Write On!, Daily Kos University, Sunday Puzzle, Pique the Geek, Friday Constitutional, Charlotte Lucas' Series, DKos Travel Board, Nurse Kelley Sez, Saturday Painting Palooza, Thursday Night Healthcare, Teacher's Lounge, This Week in Space, What are you reading?
Educational Series
I look forward to Bookflurries and the ensuing discussion every week. The topics are all well researched; presented in a very accessable format; and are consistently thought-provoking.
Posted by Kathleen Dixon
What are you reading is going to put me in the poor house. So many books, so little time to read, a lighter wallet. They introduced me to BookMooch and are always so helpful and polite.
Posted by Larin
Commenter: Original Artwork or Snark - (graphics, pictures or other interpretive media)
nonnie9999, Trix, rserven, Predictor, EddieC, Mishima, Debbie in ME, it really is that important, Christin
Front Pager of the Year
This is one of the hardest for me. The competition for this one is intense. I could easily vote "All of the above."
Posted by QuestionAuthority
Front Page
Cheers and Jeers has it all--wit, intelligence, community spirit, sympathy and empathy. Bill is an exceptional talent and a rare human being and we all love him! We care about our fellow Kossacks and our country.
Posted by Oli Landwijt
Snark Diary of the Year
Mad props to LoE for her great diary "Vote for Me"